The United States of America is the leading power in the world. Our friends and our adversaries respect us in large measure because they know that we are steady. We are fact-based. We are serious.

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.

We have been very clear that Israel has an undeniable right to self-defense and that the rockets that it has faced coming out of Gaza incessantly, the tunnels that are legion and are being used to infiltrate into Israel are very legitimate security concerns, for which they have an obligation - against which they have an obligation to act.

People are consuming the news that is comfortable for them, not necessarily the news that is real or that they need to know.

What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.

We should learn to tolerate nuclear weapons of North Korea just like we did the Soviet Union.